Time can take nothing from the BIBLE. It is the living monitor. Like the sun, it is the same in its light and influence to man this day which it was years ago. It can meet every present inquiry and… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only,… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
When a founder has cast a bell he does not presently fix it in the steeple, but tries it with his hammer, and beats… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition, with reference to a number of independent States for… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim that it is better to walk than to run,… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
I could write down twenty cases wherein I wished that God had done otherwise than he did, but which I now see, if I… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in the busiest hours of life. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The Christian's fellowship with God is rather a habit than a rapture. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The only instance of praying to saints, mentioned in the Bible, is that of the rich man in torment calling upon Abraham; and let… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is a sinner… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
We are urgent about the body; He is about the soul. We call for present comforts; He considers our everlasting rest. And therefore when… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The world looks at ministers out of the pulpit to know that they mean in it. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
